Canton Lessay

Former Canton of Lessay
region	Lower Normandy
Department	Some
Arrondissement	Coutances
main place	Lessay
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	9,924 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	59 inhabitants / km²
surface	168.82 km²
Communities	13
INSEE code	5020

The canton Lessay was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement of Coutances , in Manche department and in the region of Basse-Normandie ; its main town was Lessay . The last representative on the General Council of the Département was Jean-François Le Grand ( non-party ) from 1976 to 2015 .

The canton was about 169 km² and had 8,200 inhabitants (1999), which corresponded to a population density of 48.5 inhabitants per km².

Communities

The canton consisted of twelve municipalities and part of the municipality of Vesly:

local community	Population year	Area km²	Population density	Code INSEE	Post Code
Angoville-sur-Ay	243 (2013)	6.72	36 inhabitants / km²	50012	50430
Anneville-sur-Mer	247 (2013)	3.73	66 inhabitants / km²	50014	50560
Bretteville-sur-Ay	392 (2013)	9.75	40 inhabitants / km²	50078	50430
Créances	2,207 (2013)	20.32	109 inhabitants / km²	50151	50710
La Feuillie	292 (2013)	12.46	23 inhabitants / km²	50182	50190
Geffosses	421 (2013)	15.07	28 inhabitants / km²	50198	50560
Laulne	153 (2013)	9.06	17 inhabitants / km²	50265	50430
Lessay	2,243 (2013)	22.23	101 inhabitants / km²	50267	50430
Millières	781 (2013)	20.27	39 inhabitants / km²	50328	50190
Pirou	1,522 (2013)	29.11	52 inhabitants / km²	50403	50770
Saint-Germain-sur-Ay	903 (2013)	14.52	62 inhabitants / km²	50481	50430
Saint-Patrice-de-Claids	165 (2013)	5.58	30 inhabitants / km²	50533	50190
Vesly	711 (2013)	-	- Inhabitants / km²	50629	50430

Only part of the municipality of Vesly was located in the canton (however, the total number of inhabitants is given here). The district of Gerville-la-Forêt was in the canton of Le Haye-du-Puits .

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
7621	7617	7274	7295	7805	8200